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[Akura]

Lack of other practical options for housing I imagine. You can get stuck in a really bad situation if you don't have anywhere else to go.

This. The cheapest rent I've seen posted is around $1300 and up, way outside my budget even it if it did include utilities. Sure, there might be cheaper places, but I can't find them posted, probably don't include utilities, and they're probably not safe places to live.

I seriously do not understand how other people make similar to what I do and can afford to live they way they do.

[heydude6]

I seriously do not understand how other people make similar to what I do and can afford to live they way they do.

Rent control. It doesn't cost them as much because they bought into it while it was still cheap.

[Kagus]

I seriously do not understand how other people make similar to what I do and can afford to live they way they do.

Rent control. It doesn't cost them as much because they bought into it while it was still cheap.

If you need any more help, just follow the lead of this plucky young lady who paid down her sizable student loan in just three years thanks to a healthy helping of grit and determination!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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[Akura]

Welp, they did push me into changing the service. Amazing how their stories change, by the way. Like, mid-sentence even.

On the plus side, I did get pretty decent 2-year deal out of it, including faster internet, 1-year DVR, about 4x as many channels, a couple of free movie channels, below-package price, and reduced installation fee, and it's all in *my* name.


Unrelated(mostly), but the speaker of my phone gets really hot after while on a call.

[JoshuaFH]

Welp, they did push me into changing the service. Amazing how their stories change, by the way. Like, mid-sentence even.

On the plus side, I did get pretty decent 2-year deal out of it, including faster internet, 1-year DVR, about 4x as many channels, a couple of free movie channels, below-package price, and reduced installation fee, and it's all in *my* name.


Unrelated(mostly), but the speaker of my phone gets really hot after while on a call.

It can only be called a decent deal when they change out the malfunctioning Momsboyfriend unit.

[Eric Blank]

I cant be the only one that regularly gets nintendo64 games theme songs stuck in their head every day, right? Like, super mario64 or banjo kazooie or star wars: rogue squadron


Fuck rogue squadron was a fun game...

[Dunamisdeos]

I literally hum Gruntilda's Lair at my cubicle once a week, and even add different inflections for different zones.

[JoshuaFH]

I cant be the only one that regularly gets nintendo64 games theme songs stuck in their head every day, right? Like, super mario64 or banjo kazooie or star wars: rogue squadron


Fuck rogue squadron was a fun game...

Whenever I listen to a youtube video that has some N64 music playing in the background, my instant first impression is always "What good taste in music". My demographic is being pandered to very hard.

[heydude6]

If you need any more help, just follow the lead of this plucky young lady who paid down her sizable student loan in just three years thanks to a healthy helping of grit and determination!

Dear God. I can't believe someone wrote that with a straight face. I almost thought it was a joke, but no... it's real.

Spoiler: For those who don't want to read the article, here's the TLDR (click to show/hide)

Woman decided to move back in with her parents (Many of us already live with our parents). Her mother used her connections to get the girl a well-paying job at a company in a region where the cost of living is significantly lower than where she originally lived. When she married her boyfriend, her mother then gave her an entire condo that she purchased a long time ago (back when condos where only 13000 dollars) as a wedding gift. Girl then started to make money by renting the condo out. Using the profit she made from rent, she bought two more condos and started to make even more money by renting them out (somehow they only costed 42000 and 54000 respectively). Eventually she got enough rent money to pay off her loans. The article then started talking about the "sacrifices" she made, like moving in with her parents, or not buying a new vehicle when one of her two cars broke down.

The worst part about all of this is that this woman thinks she can write a book.

[Dunamisdeos]

If you need any more help, just follow the lead of this plucky young lady who paid down her sizable student loan in just three years thanks to a healthy helping of grit and determination!

Dear God. I can't believe someone wrote that with a straight face. I almost thought it was a joke, but no... it's real.

Spoiler: For those who don't want to read the article, here's the TLDR (click to show/hide)

Woman decided to move back in with her parents (Many of us already live with our parents). Her mother used her connections to get the girl a well-paying job at a company in a region where the cost of living is significantly lower than where she originally lived. When she married her boyfriend, her mother then gave her an entire condo that she purchased a long time ago (back when condos where only 13000 dollars) as a wedding gift. Girl then started to make money by renting the condo out. Using the profit she made from rent, she bought two more condos and started to make even more money by renting them out (somehow they only costed 42000 and 54000 respectively). Eventually she got enough rent money to pay off her loans. The article then started talking about the "sacrifices" she made, like moving in with her parents, or not buying a new vehicle when one of her two cars broke down.

The worst part about all of this is that this woman thinks she can write a book.

She just pulled herself up by her bootstraps yes she did, no help from anyone except for every single thing she has being given or arranged by her family connections.

Related: http://www.somethingawful.com/news/millennial-hard-work/

[JoshuaFH]

If you need any more help, just follow the lead of this plucky young lady who paid down her sizable student loan in just three years thanks to a healthy helping of grit and determination!

Dear God. I can't believe someone wrote that with a straight face. I almost thought it was a joke, but no... it's real.

Spoiler: For those who don't want to read the article, here's the TLDR (click to show/hide)

Woman decided to move back in with her parents (Many of us already live with our parents). Her mother used her connections to get the girl a well-paying job at a company in a region where the cost of living is significantly lower than where she originally lived. When she married her boyfriend, her mother then gave her an entire condo that she purchased a long time ago (back when condos where only 13000 dollars) as a wedding gift. Girl then started to make money by renting the condo out. Using the profit she made from rent, she bought two more condos and started to make even more money by renting them out (somehow they only costed 42000 and 54000 respectively). Eventually she got enough rent money to pay off her loans. The article then started talking about the "sacrifices" she made, like moving in with her parents, or not buying a new vehicle when one of her two cars broke down.

The worst part about all of this is that this woman thinks she can write a book.

She didn't even need a college education to do that! She coulda just forgone the degree entirely and been $220,000 ahead!

[Eric Blank]

If only we could all be her boyfriend...

Personally id just like an appartment or something with running water and electricity and the option to buy internet or cable tv.

[Kagus]

That's actually even kinda downplaying it. Her mother didn't pull strings to get her a job, her mom owns the company she got a job at, and (supposedly) adjusted her wage to match what she was making in DC. The apartment was purchased at auction for 13,000 after the housing market crash (meaning it was kind of a freak chance that landed them the property so cheaply), so Ebony and her beau moved in there for a while before moving in with Ebony's grandparents who had a house just down the street, so that the apartment could be rented out full-time.

There's another article after the first one blew up in a storm of "hah, relatable!", where she goes about defending her position and explaining how hard she worked to get there.

READER QUESTION: WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN’T MOVE IN WITH FAMILY AND DON’T HAVE A 2-INCOME HOUSEHOLD?

I definitely understand that not everyone is able to make the same sacrifices that my husband and I made.  However, below are some tips for people who can’t move in with their parents:

Fucking what

[Eric Blank]

They are completely disconnected from reality, incapable of understanding other peoples perspectives and situations. Dont expect them to make sense, youre giving them more credit than they deserve.

[JoshuaFH]

The Attribution Bias is extremely strong with this one.